Sujeewa Senasinghe
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Hon. Sujeewa Senasinghe MP | |
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සුජීව සේනසිංහ | |
Minister of Science,Technology and Research | |
In office 10 September 2015 – 21 November 2019 | |
President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Deputy Minister of Justice | |
In office 12 January 2015 – 17 August 2015 | |
President | Maithripala Sirisena |
Prime Minister | Ranil Wickremesinghe |
Member of Parliament for Colombo District | |
In office 2010–2020 | |
Personal details | |
Nationality | Sri Lankan |
Political party | United National Party |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Sri Lanka Law College |
Profession | Attorney-at-Law, |
Sujeewa Senasinghe (Sinhala: සුජීව සේනසිංහ) (born 13 December 1971) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and former politician.[1] He was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and the State Minister for International Trade until 2019.[2]
Early life and education[]
Senasinghe was born in Kandy, the son of Stanley Senasinghe, a senior lawyer in Kandy and Upamalika Senasinghe, a lecturer. He is the youngest of three brothers; his brothers are Namal and Chaminda. Sujeewa was educated at Trinity College, Kandy and at the Sri Lanka Law College.[3]
Political career[]
Sujeewa obtained 117,049 preferential votes from the Colombo district at the General Elections held on 17 August 2015. This was the second highest number of preferential votes obtained by a United National Party member from the Colombo district.[4][5]
He was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice on 12 January 2015 under 100 Days Program. He belongs to the United National Party.[6][7]
On 28 September 2020, Sujeewa decided to step down from politics after the defeat in 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election and losing his seat.[8]
References[]
- ^ "Perpetual Treasuries Paid Millions To Arjuna Mahendran And Sujeewa Senasinghe". Colombo Telegraph (in American English). 2018-06-07. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ^ "New State and Deputy Ministers sworn in". www.adaderana.lk.
- ^ "Father of Deputy Minister Senasinghe passes away". www.newsfirst.lk. June 7, 2015.
- ^ "Parliament of Sri Lanka - Sujeewa Senasinghe". www.parliament.lk (in British English). Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ^ "State Minister of International Trade Sujeewa Senasinghe addressed GSP+ Sri Lanka Business Forum in Milan". www.srilankabusiness.com. Retrieved 2018-07-31.
- ^ "SUJEEWA SENASINGHE". Directory of Members. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Parliamentary Elections -2010" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Sujeewa Senasinghe steps down from Politics". News First. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka
- United National Party politicians
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Deputy ministers of Sri Lanka
- Sinhalese politicians